Ann Kline, a loving daughter, wife and teacher, was grading papers in the middle of the afternoon in January 1973 when someone stabbed her repeatedly in the hallway outside her Evansville, Indiana classroom, and left her to die. Detectives have worked for 50 years trying to solve her murder, and today they’re working a lead that could actually close the case for good.
Courtesy of Indiana Department of Correction
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If you or someone you know has information about Ann’s murder, call 812-436-7979. That’s the main line to the Evansville Police Detective Unit – and it’s staffed 24/7.
A portrait of 26-year-old Ann Kline, which is kept in her case file at the Evansville Police Department. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Police Department
The old courthouse in Evansville, Indiana was built in 1888, with construction wrapping up in 1890. In 1969, government work was moved to the Evansville Civic Center. Today the old courthouse remains open and various businesses lease out spaces. Ann Kline was killed in the basement level near the alcove entrance off the 5th Street. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
The alcove where Ann Kline’s killer likely entered sits behind and underneath this staircase. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
The alcove not far from where Ann Kline was murdered. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
The second level hallway, where the men who found Ann Kline’s body ran to find a telephone to call police. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
The basement level hallway where Ann Kline was murdered. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
Looking into the alcove entrance from the basement hallway where Ann Kline was murdered. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
Looking into the alcove entrance from the basement hallway where Ann Kline was murdered. Photo Courtesy: audiochuck staff
An Evansville Courier archive photo of Ann’s body being taken by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Courier
An Evansville Courier article from September 1979. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Courier
Anniversary story in the Evansville Courier from 1983. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Courier
A May 1972 clipping of an article that ran about Lockyear Business College teachers being recognized for outstanding work, one of which was Ann Kline. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Courier
An anniversary story from January 1982. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Courier
A news clipping from the month Ann Kline was killed. Photo Courtesy: Evansville Press